I agree with everything you have said. I do think that adobe have made a mistake by adopting AI functions and I don't want to see or use them, adobe have again put the prices up this year when they are including AI that is not fit for purpose and talented creatives don't need AI. My initial post was complaining about the poor quality of the AI results, and the only reason I used it was to see for myself how bad it was, I have no intention of using those features moving forward.
Unfortunately the business world is going gaga over "AI." So I think Adobe has no choice but to take part in this "race" -even if the race could really be about race to the bottom economics. One of the main reasons why business people are so infatuated with "AI" is its potential to eliminate employees. They won't phrase the goal like that. They beat around the bush using terms like "creating efficiencies." Whether it's automated machinery or a software bot that duplicates office worker tasks or even a bot that writes code the whole thing is about boosting profits by cutting staff.
Too many of these business people think job cuts happen in a vacuum. They don't look at the bigger picture effect. Everyone of these companies is trying to sell product to someone else. In order for the consumer to be able to buy anything that consumer has to be gainfully employed, earning a big enough paycheck to have discretionary income left over after basic expenses to be able to buy stuff. If enough humans get their jobs down-sized, out-sourced or just plain eliminated it tanks the rest of the economy. Math is math. There is no getting around that.
As for Adobe raising prices, I think that's a result of prices going up on everything. Heck, I get angry most times I visit the grocery store. The only bright side I see to high food prices is it makes it easier for me not to buy certain junk foods, like potato chips. Adobe's headquarters is in San Jose, a city whose living costs are outrageously extreme. I don't even understand how service industry workers can survive in that region. They're not paying fry cooks at In-N-Out Burger $50 per hour.
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